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Capital City casts planners as lackeys, serving the forces of capitalism.
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Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a plan to replace Toronto's subway expansion plans with a vision of his own. Reactions have been pouring in ever since.
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With so many applications and intersections, planning can be hard to define. Planetizen Managing Editor James Brasuell is in San Francisco searching for meaning.
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Defenders of suburban expansion argue that government should build more roads in order to open up more land for housing. What's wrong with that argument?
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At the beginning of 2017, few people in the United States could have predicted the quick rise to prominence of dockless bike share companies. Even fewer could have predicted what would happen next.
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Kin, a new partnership between the real estate company Tishman Speyer and the co-living company Common, bets that residents will accept smaller living spaces in exchange for a community borne out of in-house sharing-economy amenities.
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While 2019 doesn’t scream smart city revolution, we are seeing signs of significant smart city evolution.
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In Order Without Design, Alain Bertaud takes a middle position between consistent supporters of suburbia and sprawl critics.
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In the age of new technology, is it better to ask for forgiveness, or beg for permission? Austin Brown and Kelly Fleming of UC Davis explore why companies have taken this approach and how policymakers and business leaders can improve the situation.
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There are so many more ways to access local culture as a tourist or an urban explorer than ever before.
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Michael Hooper of Harvard University writes about the complexity of urban rubble clearance, a growing challenge for cities.
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Recent news has revealed some cracks in the pavement below the speedy wheels of electric scooter share.
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Deborah Marton, executive director of the New York Restoration Project, connects parks and open space to improved public safety.
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In 2017, New York's highest court held that cities could be held liable for failure to adopt traffic calming policies. Why hasn't this ruling led to safer streets?
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Courtney Knapp of the Pratt Institute writes about a recent article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research
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Urban planners can play a role in ensuring the best possible waste management practices are implemented whenever possible.
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Jane Jacobs used vague terms to describe the number of stores necessary for a safe and vibrant streetscape. Here, author Fanis Grammenos attempts to discover a more specific number to attach to this prescription.
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The plans, they are a-changin.
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Urban scholar Joel Kotkin says that gentrification has "failed" in Los Angeles. It's a curious notion, since gentrification is generally considered a bad thing. The reality is much more complex than Kotkin suggests.
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It is important to focus on forests rather than individual trees when evaluating trade-offs between infill and sprawled development.
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Even if new housing reduces rents regionwide, scholars are divided as to when and whether new market-rate apartments reduce rents in nearby blocks. A new study seeks to answer this question.
